September 1941 / Hortus Nurseries ; Mrs. W.B. Devereux, prop.

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HORTUS NURSERIES | Sec. 562, P. L. & R.
SYOSSET, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK

United States Department of Agriculture

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We are prepared to furnish: Seeds, annuals,

: , bulbs, Roses, shrubs, trees, supplies, equip-
Our policy is to issue seasonable folders ct irregular intervals rather ment, and supervised labour fer planting,

than a comprehensive price list. grading and other garden operations,

Certain of our space new planted with perennials inust be abandoned.

We offer well grown plants of the following at SPECIAL PRICES:
$2.25—dozen $15.00—hundred

if taken before Wednesday, September 17th.

ANCHUSA MYOSOTIDIFLORA--Forzei-me-no; Anchusa; bright blue, 15”,
May.

AQUILEGIA, Long’ Spurred—Columbine; blues, whites, blue and white.
CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLIA, variety macrantha—Peachleaf Bellflower;
violet-blue, 2/3’, June-July.

HEMEROCALLIS—Day Lily MIULTIFLORA HYBRIDS—pale yellow, tall,
flowers small, July.

HEMEROCALLIS THUNBERGI—lemon yellow, tall, early July.
HEMEROCALLIS Mrs. W. H. Wyman—lemon, late July - August.
HEMEROCALLIS—soid unnamed, medium height, golden, July.

NEPETA MUSSINI—Catnip; lavender, spikes to 20”, May-June; true var-
iety with small grey-green foliage.

PLELOX ANTON MERCIER—lavender with white.

PELOX CAMERON—true pink with white. Ata short distance this looks

pale pink while the Anton Mercier above looks pale lavender. Fine
and hard to procure.

PHLOX—mixed shades of pink and salmon. May be chosen by colour from
block.

PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINIANA—False Dragonhead; white, 3’, August. A
rank grower better in a naturalistic planting than in the herbaceous
border; endures light shade. Native Quebec south and west.

FLUMBAGO LARPENTAE (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides)—Leadwort; deep
gentian blue, to 10”, August-September foliage turns bronze; low,
spreading, makes a good mat in sun and will grow in poor soil. The
shoots appear late in the spring and care must be taken not to dis-
tub it by early cultivation.

POLEMONIUM REPTANS—Jacob’s Ladder; light blue spikes, 8 to 12”,
graceful foliage, April-May. Native New York to Alabama and west.
Plant in clumps for best effect.

FRIMULA POLYANTHA—fine mixture of whites, yellows, and oranges, 8”,
May.

STOEESIA CYANEA—Cornflower or Stoke’s Aster; large lavender-blue 18”,
late June-October.

TEUCRIUM CHAMAEDRYS—Germander; glossy leaved evergreen pro-
ducing spikes of rosy purple flowers to 12” in July-August. Clipped
this gives much ‘the effect of a Boxwood edging. Sometimes killed to
the ground in winter but comes up from the roots.

THALICTRUM GLAUCUM—Dusty Meadowrue; bluish-green foliage,
feathery sulphur-yellow bloom, 3’, June-July. Good companion for
Delphinium.

VERONICA SPICATA NANA ALBA—Speedwell; white spikes to 18”, July-
September if early bloom is cut back.

VIOLA ROSINA—a hardy pink to deep rose violet, 6”, deliciously fragrant.
Blooms in spring and again, less heavily, in fall.

No fewer than six of one kind and variety and no order for less than
one dozen plants will be sold at these special prices. In smaller quan-
tities our regular rates of 3 for 90c, 6 or more at 25c each will apply.

SEED MIXTURE for WILD BIRDS .................--------- 50 LB. BAG $5.00

Let birds become accustomed to your feeding station before winter sets in.